diff --git a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_topic.php b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_topic.php
index ba86484040..f02b23a70f 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_topic.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_topic.php
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ function mcp_topic_view($id, $mode, $action)
 */
 function split_topic($action, $topic_id, $to_forum_id, $subject)
 {
-	global $db, $template, $user, $phpEx, $phpbb_root_path, $auth, $config, $phpbb_log, $request;
+	global $db, $template, $user, $phpEx, $phpbb_root_path, $auth, $config, $phpbb_log, $request, $phpbb_dispatcher;
 
 	$post_id_list	= $request->variable('post_id_list', array(0));
 	$forum_id		= $request->variable('forum_id', 0);
@@ -570,6 +570,47 @@ function split_topic($action, $topic_id, $to_forum_id, $subject)
 			WHERE post_id = {$post_id_list[0]}";
 		$db->sql_query($sql);
 
+		// Grab data for first post in split topic
+		$sql_array = array(
+			'SELECT'  => 'p.post_id, p.forum_id, p.poster_id, p.post_text, f.enable_indexing',
+			'FROM' => array(
+				POSTS_TABLE => 'p',
+			),
+			'LEFT_JOIN' => array(
+				array(
+					'FROM' => array(FORUMS_TABLE => 'f'),
+					'ON' => 'p.forum_id = f.forum_id',
+				)
+			),
+			'WHERE' => "post_id = {$post_id_list[0]}",
+		);
+		$sql = $db->sql_build_query('SELECT', $sql_array);
+		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+		$first_post_data = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		// Index first post as if it were edited
+		if ($first_post_data['enable_indexing'])
+		{
+			// Select the search method and do some additional checks to ensure it can actually be utilised
+			$search_type = $config['search_type'];
+
+			if (!class_exists($search_type))
+			{
+				trigger_error('NO_SUCH_SEARCH_MODULE');
+			}
+
+			$error = false;
+			$search = new $search_type($error, $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx, $auth, $config, $db, $user, $phpbb_dispatcher);
+
+			if ($error)
+			{
+				trigger_error($error);
+			}
+
+			$search->index('edit', $first_post_data['post_id'], $first_post_data['post_text'], $subject, $first_post_data['poster_id'], $first_post_data['forum_id']);
+		}
+
 		// Copy topic subscriptions to new topic
 		$sql = 'SELECT user_id, notify_status
 			FROM ' . TOPICS_WATCH_TABLE . '
diff --git a/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php b/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php
index 39efc99a35..6450c00c1e 100644
--- a/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/visibility_softdelete_test.php
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 		$this->assertContainsLang('SPLIT_TOPIC_EXPLAIN', $crawler->text());
 
 		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Submit')->form(array(
-			'subject'			=> 'Soft Delete Topic #2',
+			'subject'			=> 'Soft Delete Topic #2 with bang',
 		));
 		$form['to_forum_id']->select($this->data['forums']['Soft Delete #2']);
 		$form['post_id_list'][1]->tick();
@@ -597,6 +597,11 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 			'forum_topics_softdeleted'	=> 1,
 			'forum_last_post_id'		=> 0,
 		), 'after restoring #2');
+
+		// Assert new topic title is indexed as well
+		$this->add_lang('search');
+		self::request('GET', "search.php?keywords=bang&sid={$this->sid}");
+		$this->assertContains(sprintf($this->lang['FOUND_SEARCH_MATCHES'][1], 1), self::get_content());
 	}
 
 	public function test_move_topic_back()
@@ -609,7 +614,7 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 			),
 			'topics' => array(
 				'Soft Delete Topic #1',
-				'Soft Delete Topic #2',
+				'Soft Delete Topic #2 with bang',
 			),
 			'posts' => array(
 				'Soft Delete Topic #1',
@@ -618,7 +623,7 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 			),
 		));
 
-		$crawler = $this->get_quickmod_page($this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2'], 'MOVE_TOPIC');
+		$crawler = $this->get_quickmod_page($this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2 with bang'], 'MOVE_TOPIC');
 		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Yes')->form();
 		$form['to_forum_id']->select($this->data['forums']['Soft Delete #1']);
 		$crawler = self::submit($form);
@@ -644,7 +649,7 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 			),
 			'topics' => array(
 				'Soft Delete Topic #1',
-				'Soft Delete Topic #2',
+				'Soft Delete Topic #2 with bang',
 			),
 			'posts' => array(
 				'Soft Delete Topic #1',
@@ -664,7 +669,7 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 		), 'before merging #1');
 
 		$this->add_lang('viewtopic');
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', "viewtopic.php?t={$this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2']}&sid={$this->sid}");
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', "viewtopic.php?t={$this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2 with bang']}&sid={$this->sid}");
 
 		$bookmark_tag = $crawler->filter('a.bookmark-link');
 		$this->assertContainsLang('BOOKMARK_TOPIC', $bookmark_tag->text());
@@ -673,10 +678,10 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_softdelete_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 		$this->assertContainsLang('BOOKMARK_ADDED', $crawler_bookmark->text());
 
 		$this->add_lang('mcp');
-		$crawler = $this->get_quickmod_page($this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2'], 'MERGE_TOPIC', $crawler); 
+		$crawler = $this->get_quickmod_page($this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2 with bang'], 'MERGE_TOPIC', $crawler);
 		$this->assertContainsLang('SELECT_MERGE', $crawler->text());
 
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', "mcp.php?f={$this->data['forums']['Soft Delete #1']}&t={$this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2']}&i=main&mode=forum_view&action=merge_topic&to_topic_id={$this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #1']}");
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', "mcp.php?f={$this->data['forums']['Soft Delete #1']}&t={$this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #2 with bang']}&i=main&mode=forum_view&action=merge_topic&to_topic_id={$this->data['topics']['Soft Delete Topic #1']}");
 		$this->assertContainsLang('MERGE_TOPICS_CONFIRM', $crawler->text());
 
 		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Yes')->form();